I think capacitive ones were too good tbh. Kept accidentally unlocking my phone in my pocket. I’ve assigned the screen one to my thumb, with always on display on, unlocking feels natural. I also find it works better with wet hands, which capacitive was absolutely hopeless at.
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Blackmist@lemmy.world 9 months ago
They took the fingerprint scanner out and put a really bad one behind the screen…
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 9 months ago
UNWILLING_PARTICIPANT@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
I’m on a refurb Samsung A5 and fingerprint scanner still works great. Just have to wipe it with thumb real quick
Chadus_Maximus@lemm.ee 9 months ago
At least it’s not as bad as the one in your power button. That shit doesn’t work 30% of the time.
unrelatedkeg@lemmy.sdf.org 9 months ago
Honestly, I’ll take having to try a few times until it works than being blasted by maximum brightness if I dare touch the phone wrong when waking up in the middle of the night.
BehindTheBarrier@programming.dev 9 months ago
My oneplus has been wonder full with the screen scanner to be honest. I love that it’s behind the screen.
vaionko@sopuli.xyz 9 months ago
Me too, no problems with the under screen one on my oneplus
theangryseal@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Oooh, the replies you have here are interesting.
scottywh@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I had multiple phones with a dedicated fingerprint scanner and never used any of them.
That’s one thing I personally don’t miss at all.
Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 months ago
My Samsung still has the fingerprint reader in the power button. Works 10x better than the behind-screen fingerprint readers.
Zagorath@aussie.zone 9 months ago
I miss my Pixel 1, which had a fingerprint reader on the back that I could easily touch with my index finger, and which was able to respond to up- and down-swipe gestures. For example, to open or close the notification shade.
UNWILLING_PARTICIPANT@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
I’m picturing it and it sounds like that would be asking for an rsi, but maybe in but picturing it correctly
Zagorath@aussie.zone 9 months ago
The fingerprint reader sat right in the middle of the back horizontally, and maybe one third from the top. Right where your index finger naturally rests if you grip it with your thumb on one side and fingers 3–5 on the other.
SupraMario@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Pixel 2 xl same… Was so great, then I jumped to a note 10+… can’t use it as it’s on the screen now. It’s terrible design.